Issues: homeless

On the west side of City Hall on any given night there are between 10-25 homeless men sleeping on the park benches. On a few occasions I have been harassed while walking through this area. Last night topped it all, I was showing out-of-towners city hall when in this area we witnessed one homeless man giving another man oral sex in plain sight. This kinda thing really makes our city look great!! This area needs to be flooded with overhead lights. It is extremely dark in this area with NO lighting.

Please contact the Police District (9th District)-(215) 686-3090 . Ask the about a Roll Call Complaint.

Roll Call Complaints provide a means for informing patrol officers of chronic neighborhood problems or conditions that are not of an emergency nature. This initiative is designed to be an effective, proactive response to neighborhood concerns.

For instance, Roll Call Complaints are frequently used to report groups of disorderly teens that routinely congregate on local street corners. Likewise, this mechanism has been successfully used to inform the police department of special community events so that officers can provide additional security. Basically, any non-emergency problem or condition that the police patrol force should be made aware of can be reported using the Roll Call Complaint protocol.

Once the police receive the report, it is posted on a complaint board that is routinely read to officers during six daily roll calls. These announcements continue for a minimum of fifteen calendar days. The information reported in the complaint is recorded by the individual officers in their patrol notebooks and are responded to by patrol officers between calls for service.

Following the initial fifteen day announcement and response period, the complainant may be contacted and a follow-up review initiated. If, following this review, the complaint has been definitively resolved, the case is considered closed. If, however, the problem or condition still requires police attention, the complaint will be reinstituted for an additional fifteen days and may be the subject of additional, specifically tailored problem-solving measures aimed at satisfying the need for final resolution of the problem.

Please include as much information as you can. Incomplete or inaccurate information will delay processing of this report and may compromise their ability to quickly and effectively respond.

Please note that you may remain anonymous, however, if you choose to do so the police will be hampered in their ability to elicit additional information from you that might aid them in attaining a long-term solution to this problem. Consequently, your anonymity may compromise the efficacy of their efforts to resolve the problem in a satisfactory manner.

If you elect to provide them with your identity, they will treat it as confidential information and will not disclose it outside this agency except as required and permitted by law.

Closedccres(Guest)

The South side of the intersection of 15th St and Lombard St appears to be partially tilled, mostly in the right lane, as if it were in the process of being resurfaced, making for a very bumpy ride through the intersection at any speed higher than around 5-10 mph.

There are several manhole covers clustered on 16th St, on the NE corner of the intersection with Walnut St. These covers are recessed into the street, as well as having blacktop built up around them, probably from the street not being tilled all the way to the edge of the manholes during past road resurfacing. These factors combine for a very bumpy ride when driving through the intersection on 16th St, in the right-hand lane.

The bushes and trees from Wister Woods are overgrown making the pavement unpassable. In addition, people dump trash there. Children going too and from school walk in the street which is dangerous. There is a property on the other side which is also a dumping ground and appears to have a homeless community living there.

spindoc101@gmail.com(Guest)

The feeding happens every single day! It is a disgusting and disrespectful thing to treat humans like animals in the wild and throw them food in the park!!! Take the food to shelters where they can be served with respect and decency!

Anonymous

Updated 5/4/10 3:17pm: The Streets Department has changed the problem category from 'Pothole Repair' to 'Street Paving'
Updated 5/4/10 5:03pm: The Streets Dept has received the request
Updated 5/6/10 7:04am: The Streets Department reported that the street is scheduled for future resurfacing based on budget priorities.